North Lake College's open door admissions policy ensures that every person who can benefit from higher education has the opportunity to enroll. Applying for admission online makes getting started easy. North Lake also offers online tuition payment for both credit and continuing education courses and online registration for current students who meet certain criteria.

Located in the lobby of the A-Building, college staff are available at the Central Campus Welcome Desk to answer your questions.

The opportunities for learning at North Lake College are as diverse as our student body. Students seeking an affordable start toward a bachelor's degree, career and technical skills, personal enrichment, or lifelong learning can pursue their learning goals here.

Complete our transferable core curriculum, one of our degree or certificate programs, or take courses for personal enrichment.

North Lake College Continuing Education offers a variety of personal and professional development courses to fit your learning needs, whether you want to learn a new job skill, enhance your career, or just want to have fun. Our instructors are industry professionals who bring real world experience and hands on skills into the classroom.

Students register for Continuing Education courses in the LEED-certified Workforce Development Center on the Central Campus.

The North Lake College Library provides convenient access to a variety of high quality library services, including extensive collections and information resources to support the curriculum, research, intellectual, and creative needs of the college's students, faculty, and staff.

Library collections support the college curriculum and also include a selection of fiction, travel guides, periodicals and more.

Need help planning your career or job placement assistance?North Lake’s Career Services Center provides FREE career planning and job search services to current students, students in the process of enrolling, alumni, and members of the community.

Here are some of the many ways we can help students, graduates, and community prepare for a lifetime of professional and meaningful work.

Resume Preparation​

Computers for resume preparation with Microsoft Word are available for your use.

When you complete your resume with a Career Services professional, you can get 10 copies of your resume on crisp, white resume paper for free. Also, we now offer free Thank You notes for post-interview (one per interview). We can also help you to write a great thank you note.

Interview Techniques

Mock interviews can help you prepare for the real thing. Watch yourself answer some common interview questions on videotape and get pointers on how to market yourself effectively.

Interviewing reference material including books and videotapes are available to help you brush up on proper interviewing techniques.

We have a list of interview questions many employers typically ask in interviews and also a list of questions to ask interviewers at the end of the interview.

Help Finding a Job

NLC Resume Bank and DCCCD Job Listing and Referral Services make your resume available to employers who call the Career Services Office or use the DCCCD system. We will send your resume to employers for you (if you choose this option).

Hundreds of job listings are available for review through the NACE Online Job Bank​, NLC job vacancy binders in our office, and Internet job sites (see some of our favorites below under additional job search links).